Henry Martyn Lack RE was born in Bozeat Northamptonshire and studied at the Leicester College of Art. He gained his diploma from the RCA in 1933. He became art master at Christs Hospital Horsham from 1937, taught briefly at the Northampton School of Art and tutor in the Engraving School at the RCA. From 1953-1968 taught at Hastings School of Art. He exhibited widely at home and abroad including the RA and at the Royal Society of Engravers (RE). The British Council, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery and the British Museum hold examples of his work.